Phone became problematic and asking to decrypt data!

RASTAVIPER

Senior Member
May 2, 2011
3,701
815
0
Everything was working great yesterday after I flashed the new 5.0 OOS through TWRP.

But this morning it was like my device suddenly decided to act funny. First it started FCing different apps all the time.
Then it got into a continuous restart loop.
Finally when it settled, I discovered all these problems:
- Home and recent buttons not working
- Developer options were empty
- Factory reset not working
- When I tried to reboot into recovery, I was asked for a password for decrypting data under a Mount title. I entered my pin and continued with some info for updating partition. I reflashed the stock 5.0 rom and the bluespark v.8.54 recovery, wiped cache, but nothing changed.

Any ideas?
 

thes3usa

Retired Forum Moderator
May 30, 2015
569
711
133
20
Colombo
Are you on the recommended version of Blu_Spark TWRP, which is v50?
Have you tried a complete clean flash of OOS 5.0, and not install any add-ons such as Magisk or another root method?
Did your phone usually request the PIN on boot?
Have you flashed anything else that may cause conflicts, such as V4A or any other mods?
 

RASTAVIPER

Senior Member
May 2, 2011
3,701
815
0
Are you on the recommended version of Blu_Spark TWRP, which is v50?
Have you tried a complete clean flash of OOS 5.0, and not install any add-ons such as Magisk or another root method?
Did your phone usually request the PIN on boot?
Have you flashed anything else that may cause conflicts, such as V4A or any other mods?
No other mods, except naptime and AKT profiles that were running since OOS 4.1.5

Anyway, I decided to factory reset my device so I booted to TWRP recovery and wiped data. This didn't work out very well as the device couldn't finalise afterwards the setup wizard, where it's asking about which sim to use for calls/sms/etc.
Then I had 2 wipes of cache and it seems that everything was back in order. Now I flashed back Magisk and still everything looks good.

My TWRP version is the one that I have mentioned at my previous post. I thought that was the recommended version.

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk
 

thes3usa

Retired Forum Moderator
May 30, 2015
569
711
133
20
Colombo
No other mods, except naptime and AKT profiles that were running since OOS 4.1.5

Anyway, I decided to factory reset my device so I booted to TWRP recovery and wiped data. This didn't work out very well as the device couldn't finalise afterwards the setup wizard, where it's asking about which sim to use for calls/sms/etc.
Then I had 2 wipes of cache and it seems that everything was back in order. Now I flashed back Magisk and still everything looks good.

My TWRP version is the one that I have mentioned at my previous post. I thought that was the recommended version.

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk
Everything looks fine now? Because when you said the device couldn't finalise the setup process, it may have been a corrupt flashable package. But since it's fixed now, that doesn't seem like the issue.
Sorry I was misinformed about the TWRP version, I thought there was only one version of TWRP by blu_spark that can be used. Turns out, there is another. Sorry about that.
Cheers!
 
  • Like
Reactions: RASTAVIPER

RASTAVIPER

Senior Member
May 2, 2011
3,701
815
0
Yee I hope the clean install did the trick.
Although 2 days ago everything was also running great before the catastrophic behavior.

And the worst part is that I have no clue what caused this. I didn't mess with root settings or new apps, had stock kernel installed and no new apps were installed recently.

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk
 
Our Apps
Get our official app!
The best way to access XDA on your phone
Nav Gestures
Add swipe gestures to any Android
One Handed Mode
Eases uses one hand with your phone